The columnist and gender activist, Mona Eltahawy, started the #MosqueMeToo movement to encourage women to share their experiences of sexual harassment and assault on the hajj and in other Islamic spaces. The movement opens the #MeToo movement up to Muslim women.
A feature article in this week’s Time Magazine highlights the changing conception of the mosque for Muslim communities, along generational differences and making room for a thriving Islam for Muslim practitioners in the West. New generations of Muslim builders and designers are sparking debate on just the creative design of such sacred spaces, but over…
Time Magazine this week explores the synchronic identities of Muslim Americans, showcasing the ability to live both identities, fully, together. Written by Shireen Khan, a Muslim woman living in New York City, this article follows issues of faith, piety, citizenship, the wearing of her headscarf, and the very public obsession with personal religious modesty.
